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Sharks are testing positive for cocaine
popsci.com

VIDEO: Biscuit Basin geyser explodes, sending Yellowstone tourists packing
jhnewsandguide.com

Chinese lunar probe finds water in moon samples
phys.org

Cure for male pattern baldness given boost by sugar discovery
sheffield.ac.uk

Mystery solved after 116 years: how the King helped prove marathon really is 26m 385yds
theguardian.com

Hugo awards organisers reveal thousands spent on fraudulent votes to help one writer win
theguardian.com

Video: How Baboons Led Us to a Lost Civilization [12:04]
youtube.com

Scientists Think They’ve Figured Out How to Build a Real-Life Tractor Beam
popularmechanics.com

HIV drug could be made for just $40 a year for every patient (current cost: $42,250 for the first year)
theguardian.com

Physicist, 98, honoured 75 years after discovery
bbc.com

Video: The Deadly Job of Royal Food Taster [20:06]
youtube.com

NASA releases never-seen-before images of Peacock galaxy 25 years after launch of Chandra X-ray Observatory
cbsnews.com

Video: Exploring Rat’s Nest cave for moonmilk, a soft popcorn-like substance with mysterious origins [05:00]
cbc.ca

Roman Wall Built to Contain Spartacus’ Forces Discovered in Italy
smithsonianmag.com

A Cursed Ship and the Fate of Its Sunken Gold
newyorker.com • (see also)

‘I realised that he was after my life’: A WW1 soldier on the brutality of conflict
bbc.com

Deep aphantasia: What it’s like to have no visual imagination or inner voice
psypost.org

Astrophysicists uncover supermassive black hole/dark matter connection in solving the ‘final parsec problem’
phys.org

This Little-Known Civil Rights Activist Refused to Give Up His Bus Seat Four Years Before Rosa Parks Did
smithsonianmag.com

How Eileen Collins burst through the glass ceiling aboard the space shuttle
astronomy.com

The Lizard-Looking Tuatara, That Lives Up to 100 Years, Isn’t Actually a Lizard
discovermagazine.com

This Bronze Age Ship Replica, Made From Reeds and Goat Hair, Just Sailed 50 Nautical Miles
smithsonianmag.com

When did humans get to South America? This giant shelled mammal fossil may hold clues
npr.org

On this day in 1983 a Boeing 767 ran out of fuel at 41,000 feet
damninteresting.com

Astronomers are scrambling to save the world’s most powerful X-ray space telescope
npr.org

Vacuum of Space to Decay Sooner Than Expected (but Still Not Soon)
quantamagazine.org

Climate change is making turbulence worse
popsci.com

The Rich History of Ham Radio Culture
thereader.mitpress.mit.edu

Before plunging to its death, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft saw secrets in the seas of Saturn’s moon Titan
space.com

‘We pledged not to eat each other’: the family that was shipwrecked for 38 days
theguardian.com

Stunning Tang dynasty mural in tomb unearthed in China may portray a ‘Westerner’ man with blond hair
livescience.com

The Pentagon Wants to Spend $141 Billion on a Doomsday Machine
wired.com

A Stranger to Oneself: The Mystery of Fetal Microchimerism
the-scientist.com • (see also)

370-mile hydrogen-electric seaplane set to clean up island hopping
newatlas.com

Time flies: Our brains perceive time more like counters than clocks
newatlas.com

There Are More Whale Falls Off Southern California Than the Rest of the World Combined
atlasobscura.com

Smell of human stress can affect dogs’ emotions, leading them to make more pessimistic choices
phys.org

Video: The giant metal walls keeping London above water [5:33]
youtube.com • (see also)

We’re building nuclear spaceships again—this time for real
arstechnica.com

When the U.S.A. Was Neutral
zocalopublicsquare.org

‘I felt the water tremble’: Ukraine’s Olympic swimmers train as bombs fall
theguardian.com

Realism was a revolution in music, not just in literature
aeon.co • (see also)

Metallic minerals on the deep-ocean floor split water to generate ‘dark oxygen,’ new study finds
phys.org

What Does a City Get Back From Hosting the Olympics?
nytimes.com

Study confirms forever chemicals are absorbed through the skin
labonline.com.au

Scientists Created Room-Temperature Time Crystals – What It Means
popularmechanics.com

Russia’s Nuclear-Armed Spacecraft Could Supercharge Space War I
forbes.com

Video: The Plans to Assassinate Hitler [12:25]
youtube.com • (see also)

Angel Island: The US’s little-known ‘Ellis Island of the West’
bbc.com

A Mathematician Brilliantly Argues Why Pi Day Should Actually Be in July
inverse.com

Video: The Sand That (almost) Killed Millions [20:28]
youtube.com • (see also)

NASA looking at what artifacts to preserve from space station before 2030 demise
space.com

The Mystery of Lost City of Cahokia’s Abandonment Just Got Even Deeper
sciencealert.com

Mercury may have massive 9-mile-thick layer of diamonds below surface: Study
interestingengineering.com

World’s first dual-tower solar thermal plant boosts efficiency by 24%
newatlas.com • (see also)

Not just matriarchs: male elephants say ‘let’s go’
cosmosmagazine.com

The Secret That Dr. Ruth Knew
theatlantic.com • Without paywall

Florida police tell people to stop taking selfies with ‘depressed’ black bear
theguardian.com

Couple found dead after trying to cross Atlantic
bbc.com

Neanderthals didn’t truly go extinct, but were rather absorbed into the modern human population, DNA study suggests
livescience.com